Color-selecting reflectors inspired from biological periodic multilayer structures

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 3547-3555

  Deparis, O ^a   Vandenbem, C ^a   Rassart, M ^a   Welch, V L ^a   Vigneron, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; CRYSTALS; ENERGY GAP; MULTILAYERS; PHOTONS;

ANGLE OF INCIDENCE; ARTIFICIAL REFLECTORS; CHROMATICITY; FINITE MULTILAYER STRUCTURES;

MIRRORS;

EID: 33645826263     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.003547     Document Type: Article

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